“It’s growing,” said Michel Lafleur, president of Coalition des amis du parc Jarry, about the ephemeral forest in Jarry Park. Montrealers can give their Christmas trees a second life as part of the park’s 100th anniversary. Adriana Gentile reports.

“Everybody in the world is important,” says Alanis Obomsawin, one of the world’s most renowned Indigenous directors who now has an exhibit dedicated to her work at Montreal’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Pamela Pagano reports.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau believes Donald Trump’s comments about Canada becoming the 51st state is a ploy to distract Americans from the potential impact of Trump’s own tariff plan. Trudeau made the comments during an interview on CNN.

“The demand is huge,” said Arnaud Hétu, founder and director of Lingua Franca, a newly opened French-language school in Montreal. He’s at full capacity and already turned away ten students. Erin Seize reports.